Justo, Agustín Pedro

Justo, Agustín Pedro

▪ president of Argentina
born Feb. 26, 1876, Concepción del Uruguay, Arg.
died Jan. 10, 1943, Buenos Aires

      army officer and president (1932–38) of Argentina.

      After studying at military academies, he spent the years from 1903 until 1930 teaching military science, mathematics, and civil engineering at civilian and military colleges in or near Buenos Aires. He rose to the rank of general and for a brief period after the revolution of 1930 served as commander in chief of the army. Justo held the portfolios of war, agriculture, and public works and climaxed his political career with election to the presidency in November 1931 on a conservative coalition ticket.

      During the early years of his administration, he was faced with the political and economic reconstruction of his country, weakened by revolution and the world economic depression. He inaugurated what amounted to a police state, though his presidential acts were considered more moderate than those of his predecessor, José Félix Uriburu. During the second World War, Justo opposed President Ramón Castillo's policy of neutrality, urging Argentina to declare war on the Axis powers. After Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy (August 1942), Justo accepted a commission as a general in the Brazilian army. His death removed Castillo's most formidable foe from the Argentine political arena.

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